Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Hair salons in Allegany County, MD
How Allegany County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,246 of 2,339 scored counties
#24 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 63
- 10 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- −16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $21.3M
- On personal care products and services · $777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $338K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.0
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,848
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Allegany County is 18 (low), #2,246 of 2,339 scored counties and #24 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 hair salons in Allegany County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.0, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Allegany County spend about $21.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $777 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 63 hair salons, that is $338K per salon, 22% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Allegany County was 21 in 2023, down 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,304 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegany County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Allegany County compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Allegany County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.0 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $338K | $457K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,304 | 1,595 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.0% | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $777 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,603 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 21−16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 120
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 72Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6310 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Allegany County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Allegany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,848−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,382
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,603+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,712
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,839
- Daytime population
- 68,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 77 | 36 | 18.1 | $616K | +8.8% | #120 of 2,339 |
| 2Cecil County, MD | 70 | 61 | 15.0 | $655K | +3.2% | #281 of 2,339 |
| 3Calvert County, MD | 68 | 45 | 13.4 | $899K | +1.7% | #340 of 2,339 |
| 4Charles County, MD | 68 | 149 | 24.5 | $470K | +5.9% | #374 of 2,339 |
| 5Frederick County, MD | 65 | 250 | 23.9 | $487K | +11.0% | #461 of 2,339 |
| 6Montgomery County, MD | 64 | 773 | 19.9 | $611K | +1.3% | #483 of 2,339 |
| 7St. Mary’s County, MD | 64 | 83 | 19.6 | $582K | +2.4% | #488 of 2,339 |
| 8Somerset County, MD | 62 | 9 | 10.8 | $731K | +1.7% | #568 of 2,339 |
| 9Harford County, MD | 62 | 194 | 19.1 | $574K | +2.0% | #579 of 2,339 |
| 10Anne Arundel County, MD | 62 | 477 | 21.2 | $553K | +1.7% | #582 of 2,339 |
| 24Allegany County, MD | 18 | 63 | 23.0 | $338K | −1.6% | #2,246 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Allegany County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas18
- Hair salons18
- Barbershops38
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care32
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Allegany County, MD?
There are 63 hair salons on map listings in Allegany County as of September 2026. 10 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 16.0% from 2019. Another 72 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Allegany County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.3M a year, or $777 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $338K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,382 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegany County, MD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Allegany County has 23.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $338K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Allegany County would have about 50, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,304 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Allegany County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Allegany County at 66,848 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,382 households. The median household income in Allegany County is $59,603 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Allegany County scores 18 for hair salons (low), #2,246 of 2,339 scored counties.
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